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Clothing and Textiles


Clothing and Textiles



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Onos or epinetron, a protective groove                 
from hip to knee Greek women used when                 
spinning (about 500 BCE)                               
attributed to the "Painter of Diosphos"                
31.8 x 31.7 cm - MNC 624
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Onos or epinetron, a protective groove from hip to knee Greek w...

Courtesan fastening her sandal.                        
Neck of a red-figured amphora (525-515 BCE)            
attributed to the Oltos Painter                        
Height 38.5 cm                                         
G 2
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Courtesan fastening her sandal. Neck of a red-figured am...

Small statue of a rider with Greek clothes             
and Asian headgear, holding a patera (dish)            
in his hand (330-1 CE). From Cyprus                    
Terracotta
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Small statue of a rider with Greek clothes and Asian headgear, hold...

A teacher carrying bath towels. Terracotta.            
Tanagra figurines were produced                        
in and around Tanagra, capital of Boeotia, Greece,     
during the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE.                  
They show persons and scenes from daily life.
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A teacher carrying bath towels. Terracotta. Tanagra figurines were p...

The Goddess Isis nursing the child Horus.              
This Hellenistic version of the Egyptian               
goddess Isis wears a fringed cape around               
her shoulders and vinebranches in her hair.            
Terracotta (330 BCE-1 CE) from Alexandria, Egypt
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The Goddess Isis nursing the child Horus. This Hellenistic version...

Ephebe, fallen on one knee, with a serpent             
which coils around his legs.                           
Terracotta (330 BCE-1 CE) from southern Italy.
#10010721

Ephebe, fallen on one knee, with a serpent which coils around his l...

Sitting woman in draped costume, on a high-backed chair
From Thebes, Boeotia, Greece.                          
Polychrome clay (last quarter 6th BCE), H: 9 cm        
CA 1145
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Sitting woman in draped costume, on a high-backed chair From Thebes, Boeotia, Gr...

Doll with articulations for legs and (missing) arms.   
The head is covered by a polos (cap).                  
Terracotta (around 480 BCE) from Tarento, Italy.       
Height 13.5 cm                                         
CA 278
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Doll with articulations for legs and (missing) arms. The head is covered by a...

Pastry-cook standing in front of her mortar. Clay.     
A pestle on the right, a small bowl on the left. The   
larger vessel is filled with dough balls. The woman    
wears a chlamys with short sleeves. Rests of paint.    
(6th BCE). From Tanagra. Height 11 cm. CA 458
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Pastry-cook standing in front of her mortar. Clay. A pestle on the right, a...

Cook on a stool, turning a ladle in a three-legged pot 
with two handles. A dog lies next to her.              
The cook wears a long chiton and a hairband.           
Terracotta (last quarter 6th BCE) from Boeotia, Greece.
Height 9 cm. CA 634
#10010731

Cook on a stool, turning a ladle in a three-legged pot with two handles. A dog...

Reclining woman, so-called "Suppliante Barberini"      
Antique replica of a marble original (5th BCE).        
Ma 3433
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Reclining woman, so-called "Suppliante Barberini" Antique replica of a mar...

Artemis (?), so-called "Diana of Gabies",              
probably an antique copy of the "Artemis Brauronia"    
by Praxiteles, dedicated on the Acropolis              
in 346-345 BCE.                                        
Ma 529
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Artemis (?), so-called "Diana of Gabies", probably an antique copy...